US9066342B2ActiveUtilityA1

Method and apparatus for transmitting control information in wireless communication system

Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INCPriority: Jan 15, 2012Filed: Jan 15, 2013Granted: Jun 23, 2015
Est. expiryJan 15, 2032(~5.5 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
H04W 72/23H04L 5/001H04L 5/0016H04J 3/00H04L 5/0053H04L 5/1469H04L 5/0055H04L 1/1861H04L 1/1893H04L 1/18H04W 72/042
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method in which a terminal transmits control information in a CA-based wireless communication system and to an apparatus for the method, the method comprising: a step of configuring a first cell and a second cell having different subframe configurations, the second cell has UL-DL configuration #0; a step of receiving a downlink control information (DCI) format including an N-bit field (N>1), for the second cell; and a step of transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) signal corresponding to the downlink DCI format through a subframe. The N-bit field indicates either an uplink (UL) index or a downlink assignment index (DAI). For PUSCH timing, in cases where a reference UL-DL configuration applied to the second cell is any one of UL-DL configurations #1 to #6, the N-bit field indicates the DAI.

Claims

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The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A method for transmitting control information by a user equipment (UE) in a carrier aggregation (CA)-based wireless communication system, the UE configured with a first cell set to one of uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configurations #0 to #6 and a second cell set to another of UL-DL configurations #0 to #6, the method comprising:
 receiving, by the UE, downlink control information (DCI) having a DL DCI format comprising a downlink assignment index (DAI) field, for the second cell; and 
 transmitting, by the UE, hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-acknowledgement (ACK) information including a set of one or more HARQ-ACK bits (O 0 , O 1 , . . . , O N−1 ) for the second cell according to a HARQ-ACK timing that corresponds to a reference UL-DL configuration, 
 wherein O i , (i=0, 1, . . . , N−1) represents a HARQ-ACK bit and N represents the number of HARQ-ACK bits for the second cell, 
 wherein, for the HARQ-ACK timing,
 if the reference UL-DL configuration applied to the second cell is one of UL-DL configurations #1 to #6, one or more HARQ-ACK bits related to the DCI are given as (i) O DAI-1  or (ii) O 2DAI-2  and O 2DAI-1 , 
 wherein DAI represents to a value of the DAI field, the value of the DAI field being one of 1 to 4, and 
 if the reference UL-DL configuration applied to the second cell is UL-DL configuration #0, the one or more HARQ-ACK bits related to the DCI are given as (i) O 0  or (ii) O 0  and O 1 , and 
 
 wherein subframe configurations according to the UL-DL configurations #0 to #6 are shown in the following table 1: 
 
       
         
           
                 
                 
               
                   TABLE 1 
                 
                     
                 
                   UL-DL 
                   Subframe Number 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
               
                   Configuration 
                   0 
                   1 
                   2 
                   3 
                   4 
                   5 
                   6 
                   7 
                   8 
                   9 
                 
                     
                 
                   0 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   U 
                   U 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   U 
                   U 
                 
                   1 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   U 
                   D 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   U 
                   D 
                 
                   2 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   D 
                   D 
                 
                   3 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   U 
                   U 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                 
                   4 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   U 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                 
                   5 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                 
                   6 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   U 
                   U 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   U 
                   D 
                 
                     
                 
                   where, D denotes a DL subframe, U denotes a UL subframe, and S denotes a special subframe. 
                 
             
                
               
               
                
                
               
            
             
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the reference UL-DL configuration applied to the second cell comprises one of the UL-DL subframe configuration of the first cell or another UL-DL configuration different from the UL-DL configuration of the second cell. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the reference UL-DL configuration applied to the second cell further comprises the UL-DL configuration of the second cell. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the reference UL-DL configuration applied to the second cell is determined according to the following table 2: 
       
         
           
                 
                 
                 
                 
               
                     
                   TABLE 2 
                 
                     
                     
                 
                     
                   the UL-DL  
                   the UL-DL  
                   the reference  
                 
                     
                   configuration of 
                   configuration of 
                   UL-DL 
                 
                     
                   the first cell 
                   the second cell 
                   configuration 
                 
                     
                     
                 
                     
                   1 
                   0, 6 
                   1 
                 
                     
                   2 
                   0, 1, 6 
                   2 
                 
                     
                   3 
                   0, 6 
                   3 
                 
                     
                   4 
                   0, 3, 6 
                   4 
                 
                     
                   5 
                   0, 3, 4, 6 
                   5 
                 
                     
                   6 
                   0 
                   6 
                 
                     
                   0, 6 
                   1 
                   1 
                 
                     
                   0, 1, 6 
                   2 
                   2 
                 
                     
                   0, 6 
                   3 
                   3 
                 
                     
                   0, 1, 3, 6 
                   4 
                   4 
                 
                     
                   0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 
                   5 
                   5 
                 
                     
                   0 
                   6 
                   6 
                 
                     
                   1 
                   3 
                   4 
                 
                     
                   3 
                   1 
                   4 
                 
                     
                   3, 4 
                   2 
                   5 
                 
                     
                   2 
                   3, 4 
                   5 
                 
                     
                   0 
                   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 
                   0 
                 
                     
                   1 
                   2, 4, 5 
                   1 
                 
                     
                   2 
                   5 
                   2 
                 
                     
                   3 
                   4, 5 
                   3 
                 
                     
                   4 
                   5 
                   4 
                 
                     
                   6 
                   1, 2, 3, 4, 5 
                   6 
                 
                     
                   1 
                   3 
                   1 
                 
                     
                   2 
                   3, 4 
                   2 
                 
                     
                   3 
                   1, 2 
                   3 
                 
                     
                   4 
                   2 
                    4. 
                 
                     
                     
                 
             
                
                
                
                
                
                
               
               
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first cell is set to UL-DL configuration #0, and the second cell is set to one of UL-DL configurations #1 to #6. 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first cell is a primary cell (PCell), and the second cell is a secondary cell (SCell). 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the DL DCI format further comprises a carrier indicator field (CIF). 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the DL DCI format comprises DCI format 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2, 2A, 2B, 2C, or 2D. 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the set of one or more HARQ-ACK bits (O 0 ,O 1 , . . . , O N−1  ) for the second cell comprises at least one of:
 acknowledgement information about a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) signal indicated by the DL DCI, or 
 acknowledgement information about a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signal comprising the DL DCI and indicating semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) release. 
 
     
     
       10. A user equipment (UE) used in a carrier aggregation (CA)-based wireless communication system, the UE configured with a first cell set to one of uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configurations #0 to #6 and a second cell set to another of UL-DL configurations #0 to #6, the UE comprising:
 a radio frequency (RF) unit; and 
 a processor operatively connected to the RF unit and configured to: 
 receive downlink control information (DCI) having a DL DCI format comprising a downlink assignment index (DAI) field, for the second cell; and 
 transmit hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-acknowledgement (ACK) information including a set of one or more HARQ-ACK bits (O 0 , O 1 , . . . , O N−1 ) for the second cell according to a HARQ-ACK timing that corresponds to a reference UL-DL configuration, 
 wherein O i  (i=0, 1, . . . , N−1) represents a HARQ-ACK bit and N represents the number of HARQ-ACK bits for the second cell, 
 wherein, for the HARQ-ACK timing,
 if the reference UL-DL configuration applied to the second cell is one of UL-DL configurations #1 to #6, one or more HARQ-ACK bits related to the DCI are given as (i) O DAI-1  or (ii) O 2DAI-2  and O 2DAI-1 , 
 wherein DAI represents to a value of the DAI field, the value of the DAI field being one of 1 to 4, and 
 if the reference UL-DL configuration applied to the second cell is UL-DL configuration #0, the one or more HARQ-ACK bits related to the DCI are given as (i) O 0  or (ii) O 0  and O 1 , and 
 
 wherein subframe configurations according to the UL-DL configurations #0 to #6 are given as shown in the following table 1: 
 
       
         
           
                 
                 
               
                   TABLE 1 
                 
                     
                 
                   UL-DL 
                   Subframe Number 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
               
                   Configuration 
                   0 
                   1 
                   2 
                   3 
                   4 
                   5 
                   6 
                   7 
                   8 
                   9 
                 
                     
                 
                   0 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   U 
                   U 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   U 
                   U 
                 
                   1 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   U 
                   D 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   U 
                   D 
                 
                   2 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   D 
                   D 
                 
                   3 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   U 
                   U 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                 
                   4 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   U 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                 
                   5 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                   D 
                 
                   6 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   U 
                   U 
                   D 
                   S 
                   U 
                   U 
                   D 
                 
                     
                 
                   where, D denotes a DL subframe, U denotes a UL subframe, and S denotes a special subframe. 
                 
             
                
               
               
                
                
               
            
             
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       11. The UE of  claim 10 , wherein the reference UL-DL configuration applied to the second cell comprises one of the UL-DL subframe configuration of the first cell or another UL-DL configuration different from the UL-DL configuration of the second cell. 
     
     
       12. The UE of  claim 10 , wherein the reference UL-DL configuration applied to the second cell further comprises the UL-DL configuration of the second cell. 
     
     
       13. The UE of  claim 10 , wherein the reference UL-DL configuration applied to the second cell is determined according to the following table 2: 
       
         
           
                 
                 
                 
                 
               
                     
                   TABLE 2 
                 
                     
                     
                 
                     
                   the UL-DL  
                   the UL-DL  
                   the reference  
                 
                     
                   configuration of 
                   configuration of 
                   UL-DL 
                 
                     
                   the first cell 
                   the second cell 
                   configuration 
                 
                     
                     
                 
                     
                   1 
                   0, 6 
                   1 
                 
                     
                   2 
                   0, 1, 6 
                   2 
                 
                     
                   3 
                   0, 6 
                   3 
                 
                     
                   4 
                   0, 1, 3, 6 
                   4 
                 
                     
                   5 
                   0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 
                   5 
                 
                     
                   6 
                   0 
                   6 
                 
                     
                   0, 6 
                   1 
                   1 
                 
                     
                   0, 1, 6 
                   2 
                   2 
                 
                     
                   0, 6 
                   3 
                   3 
                 
                     
                   0, 1, 3, 6 
                   4 
                   4 
                 
                     
                   0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 
                   5 
                   5 
                 
                     
                   0 
                   6 
                   6 
                 
                     
                   1 
                   3 
                   4 
                 
                     
                   3 
                   1 
                   4 
                 
                     
                   3, 4 
                   2 
                   5 
                 
                     
                   2 
                   3, 4 
                   5 
                 
                     
                   0 
                   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 
                   0 
                 
                     
                   1 
                   2, 4, 5 
                   1 
                 
                     
                   2 
                   5 
                   2 
                 
                     
                   3 
                   4, 5 
                   3 
                 
                     
                   4 
                   5 
                   4 
                 
                     
                   6 
                   1, 2, 3, 4, 5 
                   6 
                 
                     
                   1 
                   3 
                   1 
                 
                     
                   2 
                   3, 4 
                   2 
                 
                     
                   3 
                   1, 2 
                   3 
                 
                     
                   4 
                   2 
                    4. 
                 
                     
                     
                 
             
                
                
                
                
                
                
               
               
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       14. The UE of  claim 10 , wherein the first cell is set to UL-DL configuration #0, and the second cell is set to one of UL-DL configurations #1 to #6. 
     
     
       15. The UE of  claim 10 , wherein the first cell is a primary cell (PCell), and the second cell is a secondary cell (SCell). 
     
     
       16. The UE of  claim 10 , wherein the DL DCI format further comprises a carrier indicator field (CIF). 
     
     
       17. The UE of  claim 10 , wherein the DL DCI format comprises DCI format 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2, 2A, 2B, 2C, or 2D. 
     
     
       18. The UE of  claim 10 , wherein the set of one or more HARQ-ACK bits (O 0 , O 1 , . . . , O N−1 ) for the second cell comprises at least one of:
 acknowledgement information about a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) signal indicated by the DL DCI, or 
 acknowledgement information about a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signal comprising the DL DCI and indicating semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) release.

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